From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262153AbTK1L4j (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:56:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262174AbTK1L4j (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:56:39 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:7570 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262153AbTK1L4i (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:56:38 -0500 To: Raj Cc: =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Strange behavior observed w.r.t 'su' command References: <3FC707B6.1070704@mailandnews.com> <3FC72FE2.90807@mailandnews.com> From: Andreas Schwab X-Yow: He probably just wants to take over my CELLS and then EXPLODE inside me like a BARREL of runny CHOPPED LIVER! Or maybe he'd like to PSYCHOLOGICALLY TERRORIZE ME until I have no objection to a RIGHT-WING MILITARY TAKEOVER of my apartment!! I guess I should call AL PACINO! Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:52:31 +0100 In-Reply-To: <3FC72FE2.90807@mailandnews.com> (Raj's message of "Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:52:10 +0530") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Raj writes: > But why is it that after 'su - root', running 'ps' shows 'su' as a > separate process, whereas, 'su - otheruser' and then 'ps' does not show > su' in the process list ?? Because you didn't list all processes. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nürnberg Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."